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Daily Archives: October 30, 2016

Style awards recognise excellence in various fields

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KARACHI: The first QMobile Hum Style Awards ’16 (QHSA) took place at the Expo Centre late on Friday night to honour and celebrate accomplishments in fashion, sports, television, music and films, and for presenting style at its very best. The evening started late and was hosted by Ahmed Ali Akbar (of Karachi Se Lahore fame) […]


Know your privileges: Educating citizens about their right to information

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KARACHI: To deny people’s right is to challenge their very humanity, said Shehri-Citizens for a Better Environment (CBE) chairperson Nooruddin Ahmed during a capacity-building workshop on ‘Right to Information.’ The session, which was a fair mix of representations from all walks of life, was held at Movenpick Hotel on Friday evening. While highlighting the active role […]


Uncovering the art of historiography

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KARACHI: To cater to the need of understanding how history should be written, Dr Huma Ghaffar launched her new book, titled Pakistan mai tareekh navesi ka tajziati mutaala [Political Analysis of Historiography in Pakistan]. The book launch was held at Manzar Akbar Hall in the Arts Council of Pakistan on Friday and the chief guest at […]


Info minister resigns over leaked story

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ISLAMABAD – In a dramatic development, Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid yesterday stepped down and the government formed a probe committee to look into the feeding of ‘false and fabricated’ information to a newspaper about the high-level security meetings. “Evidence available so far points to a lapse on part of information minister, who has been directed […]